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Drake shot 8 for 17 (1 for 5 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line for the Dragons (8-4). Yame Butler went 6 of 10 from the field (3 for 7 from 3-point range) to add 16 points. Marcus Dockery led the Bison (5-7) in scoring, finishing with 14 points and two steals. Blake Harper added 11 points, nine rebounds and five assists. Cameron Shockley-Okeke had 10 points. Drexel went into halftime leading Howard 36-34. Butler put up 10 points in the half. Drexel used an 8-0 run in the second half to build an 11-point lead at 49-38 with 13:07 left. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .After almost two years in hospice care, former president Jimmy Carter died Sunday at the age of 100. I was born when Richard Nixon was in the White House. My first vote was a choice between George H.W. Bush or Bill Clinton. The first time I really paid attention to the candidates was in eighth grade when the options were Ronald Reagan or Walter Mondale. But I was five when Carter was elected. The first time I really heard the word “president,” it referenced a peanut farmer from Georgia. Twenty-six years later, I met him. He was no longer the “leader of the free world.” He was a man in his late 70’s taking time out from vacation for some fundraising. Not political fundraising. It was an event supporting cancer research. It was in 2002 at a sold-out Rowland Theatre in Philipsburg. Businessman and musician Chuck Navasky had started a cancer charity after his own throat cancer diagnosis. He marshalled friends he had made in the industry for first a band, then a CD and then a star-studded concert. Carter had enjoyed fly fishing in Centre County for years. He even wrote about his Spruce Creek adventures for Fly Fisherman magazine. He also had been touched by cancer so often. His father, two sisters and brother all died of pancreatic cancer. He lost his mother when breast cancer metastasized to her bones. When asked to attend the concert, he did. The Rowland is an historic opera house built in 1917 to host both live theater and the then newfangled medium of film. It is stately, comparable in size to the Ambassador Theater on Broadway where “Chicago” is staged. It has a spacious balcony that was filled with wide, comfortable seats. In the center of the front row of the balcony, above elegantly draped red, white and blue bunting, Carter and wife, Rosalynn, took in the performance. The bunting hung there for years — a regular reminder of the honor paid to the theater. The former president spoke about the terrible losses of cancer and supported the artists. They did not stay all night. It was a long event, and it was an eclectic blend that ran the gamut of Tony Orlando to Slaughter. When Carter came down the curving staircase with his detail, I was waiting at the bottom with a steno notebook and a pen. I don’t have the notes anymore — and 21 years later, I probably couldn’t read my handwriting anyway. It was not a groundbreaking interview at any rate. But the words he said are now less important than the fact that he said them. Over the course of my career, I have been brushed aside and ignored by many a politician. Often the less power they wield, the more jealous of it they are. A former state representative passive aggressively introduced himself to me like it was our first meeting at every event. We shared two sides of the same tiny storefront office and I took his picture at least twice a week. But Carter took the time to talk to me when I asked. He answered questions, walked with me outside, shook my hand and apologized that he couldn’t spend more time talking. Rosalynn Carter died in November 2023. The last time most people saw the former president was when he was brought to her funeral in a wheelchair. The ensuing months have been a long, slow vigil that lasted longer than many expected. Carter was in hospice care since February 2023. He wasn’t the first president I met. He wasn’t the last. But he was the first who left me with the sense I had been heard.What do ADHS, sex, cocaine, nova explosions, spiders and seismology have in common? There are all topics we wrote and you read in 2024. As with any other year, 2024 saw its fair share of good and bad stories. But we pride ourselves at DW Science on bringing you a constructive take on developments, whether it's in health and medicine, psychology or archeology. We've seen major leaps in artificial intelligence , neuroscience, and in the fight against antimicrobial resistance . Here's our nine most read stories, starting at the top: 1. ADHD: Did the condition help our ancestors survive? Commonly called a disorder, ADHD may have helped our ancestors find food and survive. DW reporter Hannah Fuchs found an innovative study that asked participants to pick berries and led to the conclusion that the more ADHD symptoms a person had, the more berries they collected. Read the article to find out how that helped early hunter-gatherers and today's understanding of ADHD. 2. Nova explosion without a telescope September's nova explosion of T Coronae Borealis — 3,000 light years from Earth — promised to be a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event. A nova explosion is the dramatic instance of a star exploding as it interacts with another, nearby star. If you missed the event, read Fred Schwaller's article to find out more. And if you're short on time, watch our resident physicist Sushmitha Ramakrishnan explain the "Blaze Star" phenomenon on TikTok. 3. The hymen uncovered Is an intact hymen a sign of virginity in women? No — that's a myth that's caused harm to young women all over the world. Sex and the Body creator, Lea Albrecht, explained how hymens come in different shapes and why it's impossible to tell whether a woman is a virgin by examining it. The hymen – A marker of virginity? To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 4. Seismic shift: Yes, India is disappearing! The idea that one country could edge under another may seem strange at first, but in the case of India and China, it has, in fact, been happening for the past 50 million years. It's all down to tectonics, as Julia Vergin wrote in November. And it's fascinating when you think that the two most populous countries on Earth are in a "tug of war" which neither can control. 5. How the German cockroach conquered the world Germany claims to have given the world a number of things, from X-ray vision to the no-speed-limit-autobahn. But the humble cockroach? Alexander Freund wrote in May that it took a team of scientists in Singapore and the DNA of 281 cockroaches from 17 countries on five continents to discover the truth. 6. The eye of the... spider! Our weekly Science show, Tomorrow Today, loves to answer questions from viewers, and this one was especially popular: How did spider eyes evolve? As Cornelia Borrmann explained in this wonderful video, the development of spider eyes is controlled by the same genes as in other animals. How did spider eyes evolve? To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 7. The ongoing threat of mpox In August, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency. A new version of the mpox virus had emerged in Central Africa and was spreading among children and adults in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and neighboring countries. We explained what mpox is, how it spreads and how it can be prevented — there's a vaccine for it, but it's often unavailable where it's needed most. 8. 'Promise' of a cocaine vaccine? On the face of it, the idea of using a drug to mitigate the effects of another drug is about as weird as reading that India is edging under China (see above) — couldn't you could just stop taking the drug you're trying to mitigate? Easier said than done, when the drug is highly addictive, like cocaine. Aline Spantig explained why cocaine is so addictive and why researchers in Brazil were investigating whether inhibiting cocaine's effects with a vaccine was a good way to get people off the drug. 9. New research aims to help people with dyslexia Dyslexia has little to say about a person's intellect or creativity — many famous intellects and creatives have had dyslexia: Albert Einstein, Ludwig van Beethoven, Agatha Christie, Whoopi Goldberg... the list goes on. That said, scientists are still trying to work out what exactly causes it. In 2024, Alexander Freund wrote that new research showed for the first time how dyslexia was linked to the visual thalamus , a brain region important for emotion, memory, and language among other things. The findings may help develop better treatment and support. We hope you enjoyed our stories in 2024 and that you'll join us again in 2025. Remember you can always send us a comment, or ask us to answer your questions about science, health and technology. We look forward to hearing from you! Edited by: Fred Schwaller

In a season of raised expectations due to the arrivals of Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey, Rutgers is experiencing some underwhelming moments. Off to a mediocre start through 12 games, Rutgers faces a tough test in its final nonconference game Monday night when it hosts Columbia in Piscataway, N.J. Rutgers (7-5) is hoping to avoid a second straight loss to an Ivy League opponent, and the Lions (11-1) are off to a better start than Princeton (9-4), which beat the Scarlet Knights on Dec. 21 in Newark, N.J. Four of the Scarlet Knights' losses are by five points or fewer, including a two-point loss to Kennesaw State and the 83-82 defeat to Princeton when it gave up a last-second basket along with 19 offensive rebounds and 23 second-chance points. It was the sixth time Rutgers allowed at least 80 points this season and it is 2-4 in those games. "I thought we played hard and did some good things out there, but a lot of second shots and just gotta be one possession better," Rutgers coach Steve Pikiell said. "We scored plenty of points to win." Harper scored 22 points and has scored at least 20 in four straight games and 10 of 12. Bailey collected 15 points and 12 rebounds but has shot less than 50 percent in five of his past eight games after making 6 of 16 shots vs. Princeton. Columbia has lost the past 10 meetings and is seeking its second win over a power-conference opponent. The Lions earned a 90-80 win at Villanova on Nov. 6 and are on a three-game winning streak since a 15-point loss to Albany on Dec. 4. Columbia is averaging 83.3 points so far and scored at least 80 for the ninth time when it shot a season-beat 57.7 percent (30 of 52) in Saturday's 85-72 win over Fairfield. The Lions are led by Geronimo Rubio De La Rosa, whose 19.6 scoring average is third in the Ivy League. Rubio De La Rosa is also shooting 53.7 percent and is second in the Ivy League at 46.4 percent from 3-point range. Rubio De La Rosa has scored at least 20 points seven times, including a 27-point outing against Fairfield when he shot 8-of-15 after a scoreless opening half. Rubio De La Rosa also scored 22 in Columbia's win over Villanova. "With the break we had we just need to get into it, I wasn't surprised we were so slow in the first half," Columbia coach Jim Engles said. "Now we got to play top-five draft picks, so that's bad scheduling." --Field Level MediaRCMP union applauds planned federal spending on border securityAs 2024 draws to an end, it should be apparent that extraordinary times call for extraordinary political leadership. Candidates running on a platform of normalcy, of maintaining the status quo with a couple of careful tweaks, only prompt exasperated eye rolls from a decisive chunk of the American electorate. Too many of us feel besieged, pessimistic, lonely, anxious, and mistrustful. Among young adults, 58 percent report lacking a sense of meaning or purpose in their lives. Ours is a populace in a slow-moving crisis. Pointing out that inflation isn't growing so fast anymore and unemployment is pretty low are paths to electoral irrelevance. The future belongs to a different kind of politics. Some who came of age in a time of relative stability and optimism are skeptical politicians can do anything to restore Americans' sense of meaning, purpose, and belonging. When U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Ct.) proposed that government should pay attention to these issues, Politico replied with the quietly snarky headline "Sen. Murphy wants to help you make friends." The next day, National Review followed with one of its own: "The Government Won't Keep You Warm at Night." Such pessimism rightly applies to those politicians who don't aspire to be leaders at all, but rather slick-talking product managers liaising between their customers (voters), and the engineers (technocratic policy wonks). If that is all political leadership is, the skepticism is warranted. But true leadership is something else. It involves drawing a unique and compelling vision of the future, towards which the rest of us can rally, and in the process engage all of those most natural human capacities—solidarity, mutual care, a deep sense of meaning, and purposeful work that can help give shape to a life and a community. These visions can take many different forms—a spiritual tradition, a common mountain to climb, a world to discover, a problem to solve. Too often, however, the quickest shortcut to a sense of who we are and what our shared task might be is to find some other to demonize. This strategy temporarily rallies people around shared animosity—perhaps towards woke academics, MAGA supporters, immigrants, Russians, or some other enemy, real or imagined. It can lead to truly awful results, and really only offers a simulacrum of belonging and meaning. But until something better springs up, it will increasingly be an appealing option for would-be leaders to adopt. This is because the vision that has animated our common life for the last few decades is past its expiry. It has been called the "Washington Consensus," "Neoliberalism," "competitive individualism," and more. We could sum it up as a kind of laissez-faire utopianism, the idea that a society where every individual and institution simply pursues private gain, competing as ruthlessly as possible, and where each individual amassing maximal spoils will somehow add up to a good society for everyone. In this kind of society, "it's just business—nothing personal" sounds like a reasonable explanation for corporate cruelty. Teachers instruct their students that each of us is responsible to construct and pursue our own private vision of what is valuable and desirable. Shared visions, where we might find a sense of common purpose and identity, have no real place. That vision is not, it turns out, one that tends towards human flourishing. It leads, in time, to a perception that one lives in a dog-eat-dog, go-it-alone world, where meaning and purpose are either self-soothing fictions or masks for rapacious self interest. There is a strong case to be made that the temporary allure of the laissez-faire model depended heavily on the existential threat of the Soviet Union; as long as we could tell ourselves that all of this manic competition was contributing to the triumph of the Free World over the forces of repression and tyranny, we could feel like it meant something. Many of us no longer feel that way, especially those born too late to remember the terrifying specter of what Ronald Reagan called the "Evil Empire." We are left to confront the nagging question of who we actually are, and what we care about. Our moment calls for a new generation of political leadership. There is no single road to a new politics. Different leaders will, by definition, offer different visions; these things are deeply personal—something the leader feels in his or her gut. But we can say a few things about the structure that a workable vision will need to take. Any plausible new vision must represent more than mere "opportunity" or a lack of constraints. It must offer a beautiful picture of where we could go, what we could be together. Think here of Martin Luther King Jr. 's call not just to eliminate racism, but to build American society into a "beloved community." Such a picture will take on deep human questions. The idea that questions of value and spirituality are private matters, inadmissible to public conversations, is a relic of the dying system. It has facilitated a great deal of evil, for example by suggesting that corporations and government should simply "follow the numbers" towards a maximization of profit and individual choice. A humane society requires that we ask perennial human questions: What does a human life mean? What does it look like to live it well? What kind of world do we want to leave for our children and grandchildren? Leaving these questions unasked opens the door to a mercenary, amoral public life. A new vision would reject the provider-consumer model of politics and transcend the electoral horse race. Voters are not passive consumers, and real leaders are not product managers. Leaders call ordinary people to action, to virtue, to service, to roll up their sleeves and build something good. Their values are so core to their identity that they would fight and even risk losing an election to stick to their principles. Conviction is charismatic. Focus-grouped pandering is not. True leaders think past GDP. If anything, high-GDP countries tend to score worse than low-GDP countries on many key metrics of human flourishing, including having a strong sense of meaning, purpose, and community. The next generation of political leaders needs to aim higher and set a course that prizes the flourishing of our communities, not just aggregate wealth production. A vision for the future will also direct policy efforts toward dismantling the community-destroying infrastructure that has been built up over decades. Many parts of American life—from our blandly technocratic education systems to wages and work patterns that leave workers feeling overstretched and desperate—reflect and encourage a society based on individual competition. We need to remind ourselves that we created this system, and we can remake it. Policy that allows American communities to exercise shared agency can and should take a million shapes, and vary widely by location. American communities have seen an increasing concentration of power in their professional, financial, political, and technological lives. These monopolizing tendencies must be resisted, and more control should be returned to the local level. These all may sound like a pipe dream, but our moment requires large-scale change. Small policy adjustments may sound like a more realistic route, but they are actually not. The old system is hemorrhaging credibility, and something genuinely new is bound to emerge. Transitional times like this one can feel disorienting and even dangerous (because they are), but they are also moments of great possibility. The most important political leaders of the coming decades will be those who are willing and able to think creatively, think big, and lead, with courage, into a future we have yet to imagine. Ian Marcus Corbin is a Senior Fellow at the think tank Capita, and a philosopher on faculty at Harvard Medical School. The views expressed in this article are the writer's own.

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